The Silver Beaver Association of the Southwest Florida Council is a fellowship of Silver Beaver recipients, whose purposes include providing camperships for deserving Scouts, supplying funds for needed projects at both of the council’s camps, subsidizing the cost of the Silver Beaver awards to new recipients, nominating worthy individuals to receive this prestigious award, and providing vital Scouting leadership at the unit, district and council levels. The Silver Beaver Association was created by an action of the Council Executive Board on September 12, 2006.

Another important goal of the Association is to foster a sense of fellowship among Silver Beaver recipients by perpetuating a sense of history, continuity and identity for both the recipients themselves and the Association.

Fund Raising

Funds are raised from the sale of association patches and association shirts along with the annual collection of dues. Only Silver Beaver recipients may wear the association patch on their uniform in place of the regular council shoulder patch as authorized by the action of the Council Executive Board. The price of association patches is $10/patch.

The association also has association shirts that feature a Silver Beaver logo and association wording. These are available on a pre-order basis in both gray and royal blue in most sizes; these are available only to association members for a price of $35/shirt.

Dues are $10/year per member. All memberships expire on June 30 of each year and are renewable annually. Newly awarded Southwest Florida Council Silver Beavers will receive a complimentary first year membership in the Association. Dues can be paid either at any of the OA fellowships or else by sending a check to the council office made payable to the Silver Beaver Association/SWFC.

Please click on the attached link. Please mail the completed membership form and a check as described above to Marvin Thomas as listed below.

Patch Archive

The patch pictured at the top of this section is the currently authorized patch, featuring the green border, the panther and silver beaver award and the blue-white-blue trefoil. This is available for $10/patch plus postage if needed. They can also be purchased at the OA fellowships or at Council Executive Board meetings.

Original Association Patch

This original patch featured a silver border and a red trefoil. It is the original patch that was authorized for uniform wear by Silver Beaver holders only. It is currently out of production.

Original Trader Patch

This patch was done in the green border, and could be purchased by anyone, but it could not be worn on the uniform. It was intended for trading or memento purposes. It is currently out of production.

Questions, Information

If you have any questions or need information, please call Marvin Thomas at 941-486-5360 or contact him at : BMThomasBSA@comcast.net. His address is 920 Tamiami Trail S., # 150, Venice, FL 34285.

Silver Beaver Recipients:

Year

Name

1931

Daniel L. Thorpe, Sr.

1931

Ernest L. Prior

1931

Grover C. Persons

1931

William T. Harrison, Sr.

1932

George T. Blakely

1932

Richard Dean

1933

L.D. Roberts

1934

Paul Bergman

1934

W. A. Neal

1937

George B. Gallup

1938

Frank Stewart

1939

Albert L. Yam

1940

Chesley F. Perry

1941

Arthur Esthus

1941

Fred Gould

1942

J. Bryan Fugate

1943

Walter N. Munroe

1944

George Judd

1946

Thomas Burgess

1948

Dr. Luther B. King

1949

George K. Page

1949

Martin J. O'Neil

1950

C. Rowland Shannon

1952

Fred L. Bettertib

1952

Harry D. Thorsen, Jr.

1952

Walter D. Moody

1953

U. S. Cleveland

1954

Chester Armstrong

1955

Jack O' Neil

1956

Ben Satzman

1956

Ralph Lawrence

1957

Alfred Siegrist

1958

Dr. Kathel Kerr

1958

Hugh Clayton

1959

C.S. Bridenbaugh, Jr.

1959

John Justice

1959

Luther Vogel

1960

Allen W. Mathis

1960

Clarence Harvey

1960

Dr. James Goodyear

1960

LeRoy Horst

1960

Philip Nuss

1961

Herbert Braren

1961

James Spencer

1961

James Wallace

1961

Robert M. Knoles

1961

Romeo Bedard

1961

Van Hisey

1962

C. P. Bennett

1962

Charles Tonkin

1962

Millard D. Crowell

1962

William G. Price

1963

David Blake

1963

Dr. Leo P. Herbert

1963

Richard Hinze

1963

Wilburn Leonhardt

1964

Bob Lowell

1964

George Sanders

1964

Herb Rowe

1964

J.M. Williamson

1964

Robert P. Dunham

1964

William Day

1964

William Grove

1965

Doug Gomm

1965

Fried Riegerl, Jr.

1965

J.W. Carrington

1965

Jim Oswald

1965

Melvin Bates

1966

Dale McDowell

1966

E.L. Pope, Jr.

1966

Nicholas Poulous

1966

Robert McCollough

1967

B. Sodaker

1967

Charles E. Jung

1967

G. M. Warfield

1967

Jack Westfall

1968

Gene Trapnell

1968

Ralph Hart

1968

Richard O' Neill

1968

Robert E. Hensley

1969

C. William Hoffman

1969

Dr. Abbott Kagan

1969

Fr. B. B. King

1969

Louis Suter

1969

Raymond E. Fain

1969

Raymond Skinner

1969

Thad Taylor

1969

William H. Bundy

1970

George Brantley

1970

Harry McVay

1970

Philip Evans

1971

Dr. W. Harry Hunn

1971

Kirk Walker

1971

Lee Walker

1971

May Thorson

1972

Fred Shattuck

1972

Lyman Burch

1972

William Goodall

1973

Bert Vamadore

1973

Don Thyer

1973

Donald S. Freeto

1973

Evelyn Ballantine

1973

Franz A. Fideli

1973

John Scheb

1973

L.D. Bochette

1973

Mary Fisher

1974

Bill Sell

1974

Edward Asbury

1974

Howard Ettinger

1975

Benjamin C. Pratt

1975

Charles Early

1975

Charles Geitz

1975

Don Craig

1975

Dr. William Thompson

1975

Edgar A. Rohan

1975

Fred Edenfield, Jr.

1975

Helen Bailey

1975

Jim Eckberg

1975

Joseph Burgess

1975

Michael DiMeglio

1975

Sam Welborn

1975

Wilson Starnes, Jr.

1976

Fred Enenfield, Sr.

1976

Harold "Pappy" Guyton

1976

John DeForge

1976

John E. Price

1976

Mike Sovan

1976

Ray King

1976

William Dover

1977

Barton Harrison

1977

John Graves

1977

Joseph Bella

1977

Paul K. Page

1977

Rev. A. Waldo Farabee

1977

Samuel Bailey

1977

Van H. Brown

1978

Emanuel A. Zajic

1978

Frederick Maurer

1978

Joseph Arlt

1978

Mary Ann Clark

1978

Reid H. Laney

1979

Abe Samsky

1979

Gordon Fore

1979

Kenneth Foster

1979

Warren Nabb

1980

I. Welch Whitesell

1980

Lawrence O' Ferrell

1980

R. S. Timberlake, Sr.

1980

The Rev. R.W. Turner, III

1980

Willard Brasgaila

1981

Allen F. Decker

1981

Casey Jankowski

1981

Ken Bolman

1981

Olen Berry

1981

Paul D. Burson

1981

Philip Mitchell

1982

Charles Levan

1982

Dr. Louis Moore

1982

J. Bryan Putman

1982

James W. Tracy

1982

Paul B. Flynn

1982

Peg Pigott

1983

Cathy Shiel

1983

Edward Armstrong

1983

George Williams

1983

Ivan Davis

1983

Malcolm W. Schroeder

1984

Alan Adams

1984

Diane Davis

1984

Garry Swain

1984

Gerald White

1984

L. Ronald Johnson

1984

Monte Siedel

1984

Robert Phillips

1984

Z. Ray Alderman

1985

Allen R. Thomas

1985

B. L. "Cap" Pratt

1985

Brandt G. Watson

1985

Gordon "Skip" Jolly

1985

Martin E. Owens, II

1985

Tom H. Youngblood

1985

William Granger

1986

Charlie Sample

1986

H. Frank Powers

1986

Jack Wilihite

1986

Phyllis Friedmann

1986

Richard Dickman, Sr.

1986

Robert Carpenter

1986

William Carman

1986

William F. Burgess

1987

Gale Findley

1987

Howard Loadman, Jr.

1987

Max Furbringer

1987

Richard Olson

1987

Thomas C. Shields

1988

Don Cahill

1988

Donald Pattison

1988

Gerry Hill

1988

Ron Ward

1988

Ronald Green

1988

Sam A. Idelson

1988

T. W. Miller

1989

Bob Motl

1989

Edward Kostelak

1989

Jack Stauffer

1989

Mike Carroll

1989

Paul Gunther-Mohr

1989

R. Wayne Gifford

1989

Robert Weiler

1989

William T. Pinney

1990

Donald R. Barber

1990

Eugene Harrison

1990

Gordon H. Coffman

1990

Harold Sicks

1990

John B. Davis

1990

Nerissa A. Kania

1990

Orrie Paller

1990

William B. Newman

1990

William T. Harrison

1991

Charles Bonham

1991

Charlotte Newberry

1991

Don Johnson

1991

Irene Hegedus

1991

Larry Rosamond

1991

Maurice Barton

1991

Robert Lastomirsky

1992

Barbara Barton

1992

David R. Horner

1992

Dr. David G. Robinson

1992

James W. Wilson

1992

Jay Mathews

1992

Richard Fore

1992

Ronald J. Inman

1992

Scott Ridener

1992

Steven C. Shimp

1993

Don Peet

1993

Harriet Myers

1993

Larry Tschantre

1993

Marilyn J. Barton

1993

Richard C. Grant

1993

Robert Carpenter

1994

Arlene Bancroft

1994

Chuck Donelson

1994

Dick Klein

1994

Mason M. Aldrich

1994

Robert A. Kulchar, Jr.

1994

Roger Waltemyer

1994

William M. Ross

1995

Boddy J. Lamb

1995

Bruce W. Dietch

1995

Burnham R. Cooper

1995

Dan Lima

1995

Dominic F. Scutti

1995

Jon R. Thompson

1995

Judy Aldrich

1995

Marshall "Bud" Johnson

1995

Michael J. Baldwin

1995

Ralph Hauser

1995

Robert E. Perkins

1995

Robert H. Curry

1995

Robert M. Dunning

1995

Terry Garner

1996

Bruce Elaine Waltemyer

1996

David Bakun

1996

Donald B. Donaghy, Jr.

1996

Donald L. Hughes

1996

James E. Goodall

1996

Kevin T. Smith

1997

Gayle Banks

1997

Jeffrey W. Smith

1997

John S. Chrzczonowski

1997

Linda L. Keene

1997

R. David Isley

1997

Steven R. "Rusty" Whitley

1997

Tracy L. Lima

1998

Donald R. Coffman

1998

James Wayne Bailey

1998

Jerry Lee Scott

1998

Marvin Thomas

1998

Priscilla Craig

1998

Shirley D. Berry

1998

Terry Anderson

1998

William E. Stewart, Jr.

1999

Dennis D. Mouser

1999

Doreen "Doddie" Ranney

1999

Hubert Toney, Sr.

1999

Steve L. Logsdon

1999

T. J. Payne

1999

Thomas F. Orthman

2000

Albert "Al" Slickers, III

2000

Brad J. Ranney

2000

Daniel L. LeClair

2000

Gino Ferranti

2000

James E. Toale

2000

Steven H. Pontius

2000

Vivian "Jackie" Hauser

2001

Gustave Fruauff

2001

Janice Dentler

2001

Jeff Belle

2001

Laurie Belle

2001

Lawrence Litt

2001

Richard Kagy

2001

William Szczepkowski

2002

Bruce A Cutler

2002

F. Edward Maassen

2002

Gary Hoyt

2002

Gary R. Bull

2002

Lynne Ulrich Benson

2002

Margi B. Nanney

2002

Peter Kleist

2002

William "Bill" E. Coen

2003

Christine M. Young

2003

Herbert "Skip" Johnson, Jr.

2003

James Fetterman

2003

Jay Holbrook

2003

Judy M. Johnson

2003

William "Bill" Buschner

2004

Angela "Ange" Martin

2004

Barbara Coen

2004

Calvin "Chris" Connerton

2004

Don Hall

2004

Jerry Moser

2004

Tyrone Shinn

2005

Barbara A. Schropp

2005

Kim Glascott

2005

Rick Langford

2005

Steve Martin

2005

Van Henry

2006

Danny Schultz

2006

Ed Miller

2006

Gary Johnson

2006

Joanne Fruauff

2006

Tom Baker

2007

Frank Bower

2007

John Hendricks

2007

John J. Vetri, Jr.

2007

John Wolf

2007

Steven J. Rees

2007

William "Bill" H. Poteet, Jr.

2008

Barbara Rippy

2008

Jim Meerpohl

2008

Rebecca Randolph

2008

Todd Greene, Sr.

2008

Wayne Jones

2009

Robert Hillman

2009

Mike Acosta

2009

Dana Narring

2009

Dr. Robert Pritt

2009

Chris Lombardo

2009

Bob Clarke

2009

Richard Randolph

2010

Harry "Skip" Bibbee Jr.

2010

Ken Engler

2010

Wendy Langford

2010

Debi Ryan

2010

Paul Dustin

2010

Charlie Scholten

2011

Eric Bodley

2011

Tim Gissal

2011

Justine Gonzalez

2011

Jim Tate

2011

Jim Theilen

2011

Gyla Wise

2012

William "Bill" Barbuto

2012

Deanna Bickford

2012

Lori Laumeyer

2012

Col. B.J. "Red Dog" Maynard

2012

Ferd Thompson

2013

Tom Birch

2013

Art Coon

2013

Stephen Palmieri

2013

Gilbert J. Smith, Jr.

2013

Stanley Wise

2014

Javier Aristimuno

2014

Robert Cuthbert

2014

Mary Fischer

2014

Bruce Hassy

2014

Scott Moore

2014

Stephen Thompson

2015

Andy Devlin

2015

David Dignam

2015

William Kocses

2015

Brett Thomas

Out of Council

Name

Council

Year

Cathey Barbour

Gulf Stream Council, FL

1990

Bill Crowe

Green Mountain Council, VT

2000

Chuck Donelson

Stonewall Jackson Council, VA

1992

Waldo Farabee

North Florida Council, FL

1974

Harry Hansen

Morris-Sussez Council, NJ

1987

David Jones

Rockland Council, NY

1980

Mike Lyster Dieter Philippi

Rainbow Council, IL Springfield, OH

1998 1968

Gerry Reiff

Greater Cleveland Council, OH

1983

Robert Reiff

Greater Cleveland Council, OH

1994

The nominating process for the Silver Beaver Award ends October 31. Questions? Contact Lori Laumeyer at: Lori.Laumeyer@scouting.org or at the Council Service Center.

The Silver Beaver Award is the highest award that a local council can present to a volunteer Scouter. The award is made to registered Scouters of exceptional character upon the recommendation of the local council and with the approval of the National Council, Boy Scouts of America for noteworthy service to youth.

The award was established in 1931 by the then-National President Mortimer L. Schiff who was impressed with the success of the Silver Buffalo awards program, for service to youth and Scouting on the national level.

The Silver Beaver Award consists of a miniature Silver Beaver suspended from a blue-white-blue ribbon. The qualities of this ribbon and its colors are equally the qualities of those who are to receive this award. The ribbon is strong and closely woven and must support the beaver itself. So, too, must these recipients be strong in purpose and character, in devotion to Scouting and all boyhood, and in the love of adventure and the out-of-doors.

The color blue has long denoted a faithful, genuine, sterling or “true blue” character. Those being honored here exemplify these qualities: faithfulness to the Scout Oath and Law, particularly the portion which says “to help other people at all times,” faithful to the Scouting movement, and genuine in the interest in youth and in the making of future citizens.

The color white has stood for fairness, straight-forward conduct and honorable behavior. These qualities are all found in the Oath and Law which these Scouters exemplify: fairness in dealing with both adults and young people, straight-forwardness of purpose, and the first two parts of the Scout Law: Trustworthy and Loyal.

The beaver is a gregarious animal. Likewise, these Scouters do not live and work alone, but in the company of other volunteers, youth members and their peers who have come to look upon them as truly worthy of this award.

The use of silver for this award also has significance. Silver is used in the depiction and manufacture of Scouting’s highest youth award, that of Eagle Scout. It is also used in the Silver Eagle Palm, the Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo awards, and was previously, but not currently, used in the coloring and manufacture of the highest volunteer and professional position patches within the Scouting movement.

For many years, previous past recipients of the Silver Beaver were male. But in recognition of the service of women to Scouting, the Silver Fawn Award was created and presented as the comparable award for female Scouters. The Silver Fawn Award was presented between the years of 1971-1974, but was then discontinued in favor of the Silver Beaver Award being presented to Scouters of both sexes.

Currently, each council is authorized to present one award for each sixty Scouting units registered.